Even more info on Amazon’s attrition problem.

Last year, only a third of Amazon’s new hires stayed with the company for more than 90 days before quitting, being fired, or getting laid off

The report, which is based off internal research papers, slide decks, and spreadsheets from Amazon, claims that workers are twice as likely to leave by choice, rather than because they were laid off or fired. It also says that the issue is widespread throughout the company, not just with warehouse workers; from entry level roles all the way up to vice presidents, the lowest attrition rate for one of the company’s 10 tiers of employees was almost 70 percent, with the highest reaching a staggering 81.3 percent.

  • GoebbelsDeezNuts [any]
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    2 years ago

    Wouldn't you eventually just burn through your entire labor pool? Like how long would that even be sustainable?

    I think at the very least they've burned though their "goodwill" so to speak, at least anecdotally amongst people in warehousing in my area. I've worked in warehouses for a while, Amazon opened a warehouse close to where I live a few years ago. The opinion pretty quickly went from "Can't wait till Amazon opens up here so we can finally get paid" to "It's good you just gotta keep your pace up" to "FUCK AMAZON AND FUCK BEZOS FOREVER"